When "Willow" made its theatrical debut back in 1988, most movie critics were middle-aged white men, save for the likes of Janet Maslin. To a large extent, that's still true. However, it's important to keep this in mind when considering how George Lucas' fantasy was received.
Here was Ron Howard directing a friendly hybrid of fairy tale and Tolkien-inspired quest about the someday empress Elora Danan, a magical infant protected by an aspiring sorcerer played by Warwick Davis.
